Displacement and Belonging
WebinarOverview This webinar explores the lived realities of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Jordan, with a particular focus on their senses of belonging to different places. By focusing on Jordan, […]
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Spaceship in the Desert
WebinarOverview In 2006, Abu Dhabi launched an ambitious project to construct the world’s first “zero-carbon” city: Masdar City. This talk investigates the construction of renewable energy and clean technology infrastructures […]
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Toxic Supply Chains of War in Iraq
WebinarOverview Taking war as a toxic structure, this talk begins at the belly of war, in Fallujah, Iraq -- one of the most heavily bombarded cities in Iraq. Based on […]
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The Cost of Borders
WebinarOverview Borders, rather than markers of sovereign territory, are marketplaces comprised of always costly, and often deadly transactions. Moving from Lesbos, to Gaza, to Tijuana, the project shows how the […]
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Redlining is Only Part of the Story
WebinarOverview Redlining, some scholars contend, has become a “narrative crutch” that obscures a much longer history of housing discrimination. Redlining didn’t create systemic racism in American housing patterns – it […]
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Developing Religious Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom
WebinarOverview Exposure to world religions is critical for students to become global citizens. This session explores legal foundations in the U.S. for teaching about religion, uses case studies to consider […]
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Teaching About the Cultural World Using Interactive Mapping Tools and Inquiry
WebinarOverview Join Joseph Kerski, geographer and educator, for a lively hands-on workshop where we explore web based maps, layers, curricular resources, and strategies for you to more effectively and engagingly […]
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Geographies of Genocide: Why Geography matters in conducting Genocidal Campaigns in the Modern Era
WebinarOverview Geography education goes a long way in understanding why, where, and how genocides occur. In my teaching, I stress the geopolitical circumstances behind the occurrence of genocides and how […]
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Teaching About the physical World Using Interactive Mapping Tools and Inquiry
WebinarOverview Join Joseph Kerski, geographer and educator, for a lively hands-on workshop where we explore web based maps, layers, curricular resources, and strategies for you to more effectively and engagingly […]
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Memory & Monuments Across the Contemporary Middle East: Empires, Nations, and Environments
WebinarOverview How can engagements with the past both consolidate and challenge the power of state authorities? This presentation answers that question through a survey of monuments and memory across the […]
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Importance of Narratives: Incorporating AAPI Voices into the Classroom
WebinarOverview According to the Pew Research Center, the Asian population in the United States nearly doubled from 2000 to 2019 and yet only about 24% of those surveyed felt well […]
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Canceled Climate & Community: How Local Knowledge and Power Asymmetries Influence Climate Adaptations in Sudan and the American Southwest
WebinarOverview Many communities across the globe are facing severe disruptions from climate-change. Large-scale projects like solar farms and seawalls often dominate the headlines, but bottom-up, community-based adaptations to climate emergencies […]